Feb 8, 2021

Lentil Ragout Lena

Lentil Ragout Lena

Lentils as a ragout are very healthy, here is a nice my recipe that tastes Is excellent! You can combine with bacon, dry meat or Carnioli sausages, or cook them bey meat supplement. I make them like this often and its taste is splendid! Read more in the notification in the description below 👇 Follow recipe.

Ingredients: simple, total time: 80 min. 8 serving

Before Preparation:

If using dry lentils, first rinse them under cold water in a colander, then submerge 4 fingers in water above the level of the lentils, let them stand overnight.
If you are buying ready-made lentils that are almost ready, strain them in a colander and put them aside. Cooking will go faster with already boiled lentils, about 40 minutes in total.

Preparation:

Prepare all the ingredients as described above.
Wash the vegetables well and finely chop the carrots, celery, and onion.
Sausages cut into rings.
If you use fresh tomatoes, peel them and cut them into cubes. You can do carrots, celery, and tomatoes separately in a blender, do the onions by hand.
Also chop celery leaves, and garlic or simple blend separate in machine, keep it aside.
Pour the oil into a pan, add chopped onions, stir and leave to simmer about 15 minutes covered, with occasionally stirring on moderate heat.
Add the finely chopped carrots stalk celery, stir, simmer for about 5 minutes, then add the chopped garlic, as soon as it smells, add the butter, stir until it melts. When it melts add Carniola sausages cut into rings stir, simmer for about 5 minutes, then immediately pour over 1/2 of the broth, let it cook for about 5 minutes.
Add the lentils, mix everything well, then add the rest of the broth and 400 ml water, mix everything well and cook for about 30 minutes.
During this cooking, I added another 300 ml of water, cooking is on moderate heat.
After the elapsed time now ad spices: salt, pepper, red ground paprika, hot crushed flakes, stir well simmer few minutes then add 300 ml tomato pulp.
Mix all the ingredients well and cook for the next 30 minutes.
Control the taste and add spices as needed, salt and pepper, towards the end add chopped celery leaves and rosemary sprigs, cook for 1 minute, turn off the heat, serve warm.

Buon appetito!

NOTE:

If using dry lentils, first rinse them under cold water in a colander, then submerge 4 fingers in water above the level of the lentils, let them stand overnight.
If you are buying ready-made lentils that are almost ready, strain them in a colander and put them aside. Cooking will go faster with already boiled lentils, about 40 minutes in total.
I used a 5-6 liter pot for cooking, a super chopper and an excellent sharp knife for chopping onions and sausages and a garlic press.
With these lentils, you can add slices, bacon, or Carniola sausages as desired, it is not mandatory. Instead of sausages, you can add chopped bacon or some dry meat.
Instead of meat, you can add small pasta for the beans. You add them 5 minutes before the end or, in my opinion, an even better variant is to cook them separately in a smaller cup for 4 portions, take 1 cup of pasta of 200 ml.
If you have a problem with digestion, put a pinch of baking soda at the end, and you can also blend them before serving, taking the sausages out first.
Instead of purchased tomato pulp, you can use tomato pesto about 400 g with the addition of about 300 ml of water or peeled tomatoes of the same amount as purchased tomato pulp.
Keep food covered in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.